Janet Behan Explained

Janet Behan
Birth Date: df=y 22 July 1954
Birth Place:London, England
Relatives:Brian Behan (father)

Janet Behan (22 July 1954) is an English-Irish writer and actress.[1]

Biography

Behan was born in London, the daughter of an Irish father Brian Behan and an English mother Celia Behan. Her father was a playwright, the great-nephew of the songwriter Peadar Kearney (author of Amhrán na bhFiann, the Irish national anthem), and brother of the writers Brendan Behan and Dominic Behan. [2] Her husband is the television director Dermot Boyd. Her siblings include journalist Rosemary Behan,[3] writer and musician Ruth Behan,[4] and poet Daniel Tobias Behan.[5]

Behan trained first as an actress at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and appeared in numerous plays and on television, including a role in Eastenders and productions at the National Theatre.[6] [7]

In 2011, her play Brendan At The Chelsea was produced at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, with Adrian Dunbar starring. The production went on to tour New York and Dublin, to critical acclaim.[8] [9] [10]

The play was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2014, and Behan appeared in an RTE television documentary 'Brendan Behan - The Roaring Boy', alongside Adrian Dunbar.[11] [12] [13]

In 2016, Behan premiered her new one-woman play 'Realtine / Noreen' at the Camden Fringe, Tristan Bates theatre.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: I'm now old enough to play my grandmother, Kathleen Behan . .
  2. Web site: 'The pain never left him' - Writer reveals father's experience at brutal Irish industrial school inspired play .
  3. Web site: Rosemary Behan.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-02-23 . 2019-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190223184918/https://literatureworks.org.uk/we-have-selected-two-writers-from-the-south-west-to-be-included-in-common-people-an-anthology-of-working-class-writers/ . dead .
  5. Web site: London Calling Ep 5 - Daniel Tobias Behan.
  6. Web site: Janet Behan. IMDb.
  7. Web site: Berlin Associates.
  8. Web site: Theatre review: Brendan at the Chelsea at Naughton Studio, Lyric Theatre, Belfast . Britishtheatreguide.info . 2017-01-17.
  9. Web site: Hetrick . Adam . Adrian Dunbar Is Brendan Behan in Brendan at the Chelsea, Opening Sept. 8 Off-Broadway . Playbill . 2013-09-08 . 2017-01-17.
  10. Web site: By ANDY WEBSTERSEPT. 23, 2013 . 'Brendan at the Chelsea,' an Import From Belfast - The New York Times . . 2013-10-06 . 2017-01-17.
  11. "http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/iur.2014.0102
  12. "http://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/brendan-behan-the-roaring-boy-30003106/10528073/
  13. "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbKUS99zm58
  14. Web site: Realtine Noreen – Tristan Bates Theatre, London . Realtine Noreen – Tristan Bates Theatre, London . Thereviewshub.com . 2016-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180809063210/https://www.thereviewshub.com/realtine-noreen-tristan-bates-theatre-london/. 2017-01-17. 2018-08-09.

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